Israeli military rescues four hostages alive from Gaza, including Noa Argamani ( www.nbcnews.com )
Ukraine drones hit St Petersburg gas terminal in Russia ( www.bbc.com )
An explosion at a major gas export terminal near the city of St Petersburg in Russia was carried out by Ukrainian drones, BBC News has been told....
King Charles portrait turned into Wallace and Gromit character by animal activists ( inews.co.uk )
Gay adult content creator USSRboy has been arrested in Russia ( www.advocate.com )
Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria ( www.theguardian.com )
With no recorded cases since 2017, the archipelago has had a long journey to become free of the disease, which killed 608,000 people globally in 2022...
Rishi Sunak has announced he will step down as the leader of the Conservatives after a historic battering by Labour in the General Election ( metro.co.uk )
UK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemen ( www.bbc.com )
Chinese military harassed Dutch warship enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea, Netherlands says ( www.cnn.com )
A Dutch warship was harassed by Chinese military aircraft in the East China Sea on Friday, the Netherlands said, becoming the latest country to accuse Beijing’s forces of initiating potentially unsafe encounters in international waters....
Two Navy SEALS Presumed Dead in Raid on Ship Carrying Iranian-Supplied Weapons ( www.vice.com )
New Drug Provides Total Protection From H.I.V. in Trial of Young African Women ( www.nytimes.com )
‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US ( www.aljazeera.com )
Did Donald Trump Jr just break the law by meeting with Viktor Orban? ( www.independent.co.uk )
Hong Kong says school children sang anthem too softly ( www.bbc.com )
Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem "too softly"....
China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says ( www.businessinsider.com )
Xi Jinping accused the US of trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, the Financial Times said....
US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses ( apnews.com )
The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region....
Russian Orthodox priest faces expulsion for refusing to pray for victory over Ukraine ( www.theguardian.com )
Church court says Aleksiy Uminsky broke his oath by refusing to recite ‘Prayer for Holy Rus’, which church has made compulsory at services...
More than 300 Egyptians die from heat during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, diplomats say ( www.cbsnews.com )
Toyota: World's largest carmaker raided over safety scandal ( www.bbc.com )
Japan's transport ministry raided the headquarters of motor giant Toyota on Tuesday, as a scandal over faulty safety data escalated. ...
ICC must be allowed to carry out work ‘without intimidation’, say 93 member states ( www.theguardian.com )
The international criminal court must be allowed to carry out its work “without intimidation”, a group of 93 states has said in a significant public intervention intended to reinforce support for the judicial body....
Norway to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords ( www.theguardian.com )
After a 15-year dispute, the private company Nordic Mining has been given the go-ahead to dispose of 170m tons of mining waste at the bottom of the Førde fjord, which critics say will threaten marine life and put biodiversity at risk....
'More Unhinged by the Minute': Senior Israeli Lawmaker Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran ( www.commondreams.org )
Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting 'Death to Arabs' ( apnews.com )
Russian trans politician forced to detransition or get sent to psychiatric hospital ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Europe gives China a taste of its own trade medicine: Europe is using the threat of tariffs to press Chinese electric car makers to set up in the EU and share know-how. ( www.politico.eu )
The EU is having a radical rethink of how to cope with the trade threat from Beijing — and its response has a very Chinese flavor to it. ...
Poland Is ‘Next’ After Russia Wins Ukraine War, Putin Ally Says - The Messenger ( themessenger.com )
